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[cyprusgeoff]

"Cyprus, Goodbye we won't be back"

That's what I was told yesterday by some friends who have been coming here for the last 7 years.

"We went down to the harbour in Pafos, walked along and decided on a cup of coffee and a cake each"

They were charged €51.50 (£46.00) and told me that wasn't the only place where they considered that had been vastly overcharged.

If visitor numbers continue to spiral downwards and holidays are spent
elsewhere some of these rip off merchants will be crying to the government for more help to see them through the recession.

I guess that is why our President knows that any VAT reduction to restaurants will not be passed on to the customers and will be pocketed by the proprietors as extra profit.

Say what you like, people want value for money and they will go on holiday to places that give it and seriously stop away from places that don't.

I'm sure like most tourists they don't give a flying fig about the North - South problems as two weeks holiday in the sun is their main concern.

[Z4]

GR will come in any minute now and say Cyprus doesn't need tourists and Oracle will probably say it's not expensive.

How many people were in the group, you didn't say?

[purdey]

Two, sounds about right.

[Z4]

Even if there was 8 people it would still work out around £6 per person for a cake and coffee, which is a little pricey.

I guess it's 4 people

[Oracle]

Yup, too right! Cyprus should weed out the skinflints and go for the top-end of the market!

As I always say, if I was Presidentess ... I would double the cost of all tourist centred pastimes ...

Less people, same profit!

[alexjames2]

Hello Oracle and Co..... Im not getting on the bandwagon ...Im just curious. I paid 2,300 euros for a four metre sat dish. Is this normal?

[alexjames2]

Oh and how much do you think I could sell it for when I leave...thanks

[miltiades]

Yup, too right! Cyprus should weed out the skinflints and go for the top-end of the market!

As I always say, if I was Presidentess ... I would double the cost of all tourist centred pastimes ...

Less people, same profit!

You do come up with some rubbish woman dont you .
The con merchants at Paphos will be sooner rather than later be wishing that they run their business properly and not as some shark entrepreneurs.
The rip off merchants ought to weeded out , they are causing immeasurable damage to our tourist industry.
My son and his lady , two weeks ago had a fish meze for lunch at one of the old port restaurants . Their bill , 180 euros . ! A couple of beers and an ice cream . !!
Wait till I get there

[Z4]

Yup, too right! Cyprus should weed out the skinflints and go for the top-end of the market!

As I always say, if I was Presidentess ... I would double the cost of all tourist centred pastimes ...

Less people, same profit!

Less people and less profit........

A question Oracle, would you pay the price above ???

[T_C]

Cypriots are like this all over the island.

We stayed in a hotel at Kyrenia a few years back and my mum made a phone call to the USA and spoke for an hour and a half...a few days later I went to check our bill on the TV and saw infinite zeros on the screen.

We ended up paying £700 for a phone call!